Lakes for sale in France
Fishing is a favorite pastime in France - the many lakes, rivers and fine weather make this a pleasant and relaxing outdoor activity. Overseas fisherman are beginning to holiday in France for long weekends or longer to enjoy their pastime. The easy access via the channel ferries, tunnel and cheap flights are making France very [...]
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French Villa Rentals - investments too?
French Villa Rentals can be an excellent source of revenue! So they can be an excellent investment. July and August rental income can even cover the mortgage payments! The Med coast has seen significant price rises on Villas in the last 5 years so capital growth on your investment could be top rate. Of course, [...]
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Haute Vienne Property - A Place in the Sun
On Friday at 8pm the UK Channel 4 TV show “A Place in the Sun” featured Haute Vienne in the Limousin region of France. If you want to measure the effect that TV has on house buyers, then see the graph below. This shows the number of unique visitors to www.1st-for-French-Property.co.uk.
As you can see in [...]
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Top 10 French Chateaux for Sale
We can all dream - so sit back with a glass of champagne, and enjoy! Real viewings take about a week to arrange.
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Coastal Properties
The vast number of enquiries to 1st for French Property are for either coastal or rural properties. To help potential buyers to choose the appropriate property, we have introduced a new section on the website called “Locality“. Here you can choose a property by its location:
Coastal
Rural
Hamlet
Village
Town
France Barn
We have also introduced a new section on the [...]
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Property Sale!
Yes - it is the January Sales. Roll up! Roll up.
“It is not 250,000 euros”; “It is not even 200,000 euros”; “For today and today only it is only 175,000 euros”.
“Blue Cross Sale starts today”.
We have been bombarded with the sales pitch all January. But should it be any different in the French Property market? [...]
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Real Estate in Southern France
This remains one of France’s most popular destination for foreign buyers. Glorious weather, wine and food for the palate, tremendous variation in landscapes, the beaches, Roman architecture, and the list goes on! Read Peter Mayle’s Provence A to Z if you need convincing! This is the appeal of real estate in Southern France.
Real Estate in [...]
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Time to buy a property in France?
If you are thinking of buying a property in France - investment, residential or holiday home - there is no better time!
The £ sterling / Euro exchange rate is at £1 = 1.51 euros. So a property priced at 151,000 euros will cost £100K (plus notaire charges). With further UK interest rate hikes on the [...]
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Why do YOU want to move to France?
Over the weekend and today there has been much media coverage of the report into why the Brits are flocking to France.
Food?
Wine?
Weather?
Apparently not!
Research carried out by Montesquieu University in Bordeaux, south-west France, and presented to the Foreign Office says otherwise.
Marie-Martine Gervais-Aguer, the author of the study, said: “A lot of these people come from urbanised [...]
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Most Popular French Property websites
Today the rankings based on Daily Reach (per million) - for national French coverage:
1. 1st-for-French-Property.co.uk - 21 people per million browsing
2. Green-Acres.com - 12 people per million
3. French-Property.com - 9 people per million
Rankings from Alexa.com
Results graphed here
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